University of Chicago best equipped to fill trauma hospital center void BUT the highly political and connected hospital DOES NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE UNINSURED WELFARE BLACKS - It's plain & simple

A new state report confirms what protesters have long said: the University of Chicago Medical Center is most equipped to fill the void for a Level 1 trauma center on the South Side.

Yet, the University of Chicago reported having no interest in reopening one.

Three other South Side hospitals reported having some interest in running a Level 1 trauma center for adults — an emergency room that can handle the highest level of trauma care they would see there. But the Illinois Department of Public Health found they lacked the means to do so.

Don’t tell that to the head of Roseland Community Hospital, one of the three hospitals cited.

“Yes, absolutely, 1,000 percent,” Roseland president Tim Egan said when asked if he was interested in creating one. ”I believe that we are ideally located for a Level 1 trauma center . . . because of our geographic location and, especially, between the two major highways.

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